Bedpan



oct- 10, 1944. Q C -r 2,359,830

BED Pm Filed June 6," 1941 Jrwentot v zizai c'e pwzeir" Patented Oct. 10, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

The invention relates to bed pans, particularly adapted for use with adjustable hospital beds where the body of the patient is raised on a head section to an elevation above a foot section, and has for its object to provide a bed pan comprising a main body adapted to rest on the foot section of the bed and provided with an upwardly and forwardly extending extension adapted to overlie one end of the head section and to be held in place by the weight of the patients buttocks while in use.

A further object is to form the extension so that it will conform to the curvature of the buttocks and the inclined portion of the mattress on the bed, thereby preventing displacement of the bed pan.

A further object is to provide the outer end of the bed pan extension with a downwardly extending flange which will be embedded in the mattress when the weight of the body is on the pan, and prevents slipping of the pan.

A further object is to provide downwardly extending flanges on the under side of the body of the pan adapted to be embedded in the mattress for further preventing skidding of the pan from beneath the patient.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the pan showing the same on a mattress.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the pan.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the pan.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the pan.

The pan hereinafter set forth is particularly adapted for use in connection with an adjustable hospital bed of the type set forth in my application executed on even date herewith, Serial No. 396,921, filed June 6, 1941, and in which application is set forth an adjustable bed comprising a head section I, hingedly connected at 2 from an intermediate bed section 3, adapted to be hingedly moved upwardly on a hinging point 4 for elevating the head section I with the patient on the same, to a position where the bed pan 5 may be placed under the buttocks B of the patient for evacuation or enema purposes, thereby obviating the necessity of lifting the patient.

The bed pan 5 is preferably rectangularly shaped as shown, and all sharp edges are eliminated. The rear end of the bed pan is provided with a downwardly extending flange ,1 which forms a handle so that the pan can be easily manipulated. The other end of the pan is provided with an upwardly and outwardly extending extension 8 of suffioient length so that its outer end 9 can be easily disposed between the upper end of the buttocks and the upper side of the mattress l0, clearly shownin Figure 1 so that the weight of the body of the patient will force the downwardly extending flange II into the mattress for holding the pan against outward displacement. The flange ll is preferably shallow at its central portion l2 so that the ends of the flange will be deeply embedded in the mattress.

The upper side of the extension 8 is provided with a concaved portion l3 adapted to conform to the upper portion of the buttocks and this concavity merges into a slight concaved portion M in which the back of the patient is received adjacent the upper end of the buttocks. It is to be understood that the under curvature ill of the extension 8 may be varied according to the proportions of the bed and to approximate the inclination or curvature of the portion iii of the mattress l0, and according to the proportions of the pan as a whole.

To further prevent displacement or skidding of the pan the under side of the body of the pan is provided with diverging flanges l1 which are forced downwardly into the mattress by the weight of the patient and prevents sliding of the pan. In practice the pan may be formed from any kind of material or stamped from sheet metal if desired.

The intermediate section 3 is hingedly connected at 4 to a bracket 3b carried by the stationary bed frame3a. Also connected on the hinging point 4 is an adjustable section la, which in turn is hingedly connected to an adjustable foot section 8a at the hinging point 8b. The intermediate section 3 is moved upwardly or downwardly by a push and pull rod l5 operated in a suitable manner, usually by a crank. The head section I is raised or lowered by pivoted arms 23, hingedly mounted at 2311 on the brackets 26 carried by the stationary frame 30.. The arms 23 extend upwardly and are provided with anti frictional rollers which engage the under side of the head section I, therefore it will be seen that the head section I can be raised to the desired elevation by manipulating the push and pull rod 29 connected to one of the arms 23. Adjustable sections la and 8b are adjusted upwardly or downwardly by means of the right angularly shaped bracket 34, one arm of which is pivoted at 81) to the adjustable sections Ia and 8a and is provided with anti frictional rollers 36 which ride on the rails of the frame 3a This adjustment of the bracket 34 is controlled by a conventional form of push and pull rod 31, similar to the other rods. It will be seen that the head section I and intermediate section 3 may be easily and quickly adjusted for elevating the body of the patient so a bed pan can be easily placed in position as clearly shown in Figure 1.

From the above it will be seen that a bed pan is provided which is particularly adapted for use w in connection with -adjustable hospital" beds where a head section is elevated along with the body of the patient to a position above a foot section and said bed pan is so shaped the weight of the body of the patient thereon will prevent outward displacement of the pan.

by an upwardly extending section when the head section is upwardly adjusted, said head section being adapted to elevate and support the body in a plane above the foot section and adapted to be raised for bed pan use purposes for supporting the body above the foot section, of a bed pan for, said bed, said bed pan comprising a chambered body portion supported on the foot section, an outwardly and upwardly extending back engaging portion carried by. said chambered body portion and engaging the upwardly extending bed section, the outer end of said upwardly extending back engaging portion of the pan terminating above and in engagement with the inner end of the headsection.

'2. A deviceas set forth in claim 1 wherein the upper side of the upwardly extending portion of theibed panis concaved to conform to the body curvature transversely of the body supported on the head section of the bed.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1 including ribs carried by the under side of the outer end of the upwardly extending bed pan portion and the bottomof the body of the bed pan and adapted to be embedded in the bed section for preventing outward displacement of said bed pan in relation to the head and upwardly extending sections.

CLARENCE A. DECKERT. 

